CSKA Sofia vs Slavia Sofia — First League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 138+ matches
CSKA Sofia55%
Slavia Sofia19%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
CSKA Sofia creates 93% more chances
Season form · 139 home / 138 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under58
- Over42
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No56
- Yes44
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
CSKA Sofia ↓
Most likely 1–0 (15%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
CSKA Sofia at home — creates 1.78, concedes 0.63 · 139 matches
Slavia Sofia away — creates 1.00, concedes 1.34 · 138 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
CSKA Sofia attack 1.78 + Slavia Sofia defence 1.34 → ÷2 → 1.56
Slavia Sofia attack 1.00 + CSKA Sofia defence 0.63 → ÷2 → 0.81
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 55%?"
CSKA Sofia at 55% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 55% does not mean "CSKA Sofia will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
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Lokomotiv PlovdivSlavia Sofia
Botev Vratsa
Vitosha Bistritsa
Septemvri Sofia
Dunav Ruse
Vereya Stara ZagoraIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
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Statistics
CSKA Sofia host Slavia Sofia on Saturday, 17 August 2024 at 16:00. The match is part of the First League 2018/2019 season.
First League: CSKA Sofia 0–1 Slavia Sofia
Slavia Sofia beat CSKA Sofia 1-0 in First League on August 17, 2024.
Goals: I. Minchev (13' pen).
CSKA Sofia controlled possession (53%) and registered 20 shots to 17.
The match was played at Stadion Vasil Levski in Sofia.